http://traffic.libsyn.com/astronomycast/AstroCast-200330.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS White dwarfs are usually about 60% the mass of the Sun, so it was a bit of a surprise when astronomers found one that was almost exactly twice that. What happens when white dwarfs merge? Download MP3| Download Raw Show with Q&A| Show Notes | Transcript Show Notes White Dwarfs: Compact Corpses of Stars...
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You might be surprised to hear that we’ve never done an episode of Astronomy Cast featuring Betelgeuse. Well, good news, this is that episode. Let’s talk about the star, why it might be dimming, and what could happen if it explodes as a supernova.
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A brand new telescope has completed on Maui’s Haleakala, and it has just one job: to watch the Sun in unprecedented detail. It’s called the Daniel K. Inouye telescope, and the engineering involved to get this telescope operational are matched by the incredible resolution of its first images.
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/astronomycast/AstroCast-200210.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS We’ve been following this story for more than a decade, so it’s great to finally have an answer to the question, why was supernova 2006gy so insanely bright? Astronomers originally thought it was an example of a supermassive star exploding, but new evidence provides an even more fascinating answer....
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/astronomycast/AstroCast-200203.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS On the one hand, red dwarfs are the longest lived stars in the Universe, the perfect place for life to hang out for trillions of years. On the other hand, they’re tempestuous little balls of plasma, hurling out catastrophic flares that could wipe away life. Are they good or bad places to live? Download MP3|...
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/astronomycast/AstroCast-191223.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSHuge surveys of the sky are finding more and more planets, stars and galaxies. But they’re also turning up strange objects astronomers have never seen before, like Boyajian’s star. Today we’re going to talk about some unusual objects astronomers have discovered, and why this number is only going...
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